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The Ministry of Transport has assigned the Railway Project Management Unit to be the investor in charge of compiling a pre-feasibility study of a potential project connecting the rail tracks from Lao Cai station in the northern border province of Lao Cai with North Hekou station in China.

JSC RZD Logistics, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, said it will organise trains from Russia to Vietnam’s Yen Vien station through China.

The Yen Vien – Pha Lai – Ha Long – Cai Lan railway project are waiting for a final decision on whether it would continue to be implemented not.

The Hanoi Railway Transport JSC (Haraco), a subsidiary of Vietnam Railway (VNR), launched a North-South express freight train route to connect Hanoi’s Yen Vien station and Song Than station in southern Binh Duong province on July 31.

The Vietnamese railway sector is taking measures to increase the volume of freight transport as it did not meet the set target in the first half of 2019, according to insiders.

The first container train from Russia to Vietnam has recently arrived at Yen Vien station in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Railway Corporation’s Railway Transport and Trade JSC (Ratraco) on November 30 launched the first container train to China from Yen Vien station in Hanoi.

The first container train linking Vietnam with China has arrived in Hanoi’s Yen Vien station on November 25, according to the Vietnam Railways (VNR).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s working group has called for the railway sector to raise its competitiveness in comparison with other modes of transport.

The state-owned Vietnam Railway Corporation and the Indo Trans Logistics Corporation held a ceremony on November 6 to commence the construction of a railway logistics centre in Yen Vien station.

Work on a 3.5 trillion VND-plus project to modernise information and signals along northern railway routes has started at Hanoi’s Yen Vien station.